Flight motor patterns of locusts responding to thermal stimuli

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-488

  Shoemaker, K L ^a   Robertson, R M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insect flight; Locusta migratoria; Motor pattern; Sensorimotor; Wing kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031791861     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050273     Document Type: Article

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